Bomber papers row.PROSECUTORS have denied withholding documents which could discredit TO DISCREDIT, practice, evidence. To deprive one of credit or confidence. 2. In general, a party may discredit a witness called by the opposite party, who testifies against him, by proving that his character is such as not to entitle him to credit or a key witness who gave evidence at the Lockerbie bomber's trial. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, 56, is appealing against his conviction for the atrocity and his lawyers believe the papers are vital to the case. They have asked the Court of Appeal to order the Crown to hand over the material, saying the Libyan cannot get a fair hearing without them. A key item sought by his defence team is understood to relate to the testimony of witness Tony Gauci Tony Gauci is a former proprietor of a clothes shop in Malta. According to evidence given at the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial in 2000, Mr Gauci sold the clothes which were said to have been wrapped around the improvised explosive device (IED) that brought the aircraft down. , who sold clothes later found in the wreckage of PanAm flight 103. Megrahi, 56, is serving life for the 1988 bombing. He is now dying from prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. . Megrahi's appeal is due to begin on April 27 and could last up to a year. CAPTION(S): CANCER: Megrahi |
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